Abstract

This paper explores Chinese agenda setting during the COVID-19 pandemic to investigatewhether or not the pandemic enhances the government’s role in agenda setting, and to clarify therelationship between government-led and public-led agendas. Combining big data analysis and acase study, this paper finds an overall public-led agenda pattern in China, and a mixture ofgovernment-led and public-led agenda setting during the pandemic. In addition, it is also foundthat Chinese government bodies pay attention to, and are responsive to citizens’ emotionsexpressed through social media.

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